[U-Boot] u-boot 1.1.2 boot latest powerpc based kernel?

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Shawn Jin,

In message <AANLkTik4dbCkniKRuJ4JtMpHpQiLDgbXtw5Ihby0XFOx at mail.gmail.com> you wrote:
> On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 7:47 AM, Timur Tabi <timur at freescale.com> wrote:
> > The only way to find out for sure is to test it.  You'll probably need
> > to enable cuImage support in the kernel, at the very least.  No one
-------^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

> However my concern is specific to the powerpc arch. If I understand
> correctly, the powerpc arch expects a bootloader provide a DTS file.

Not if you use a cuImage as Timur suggested.

> I'm not sure how the current U-Boot transfers such info to the
> kernerl. People here can shed some light on this? I'm certain the old
> U-Boot (e.g. 1.1.2) doesn't have this kind of capability. The bd_info

It would be easier if you upgraded to a recent version of U-Boot of
course.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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